RESUME

RESUME
SYLVIA KETELHOHN GRON
P.O.Box 1126-1250
San José, Costa Rica
Phone +506 8323-3044 / +506 2228-8285
Email: sylviakgron@yahoo.es / sylvia@asart-ca.org

EDUCATION
- European Graduate School, Switzerland (2013-2015)-studying a Master Degree in Expressive Arts, Conflict Transformation and Peace Building
- University of Monterrey, Scholarship Goldman Sachs, México 2010-2011, Diploma in Business Administration
- III Annual International Conference on Violence against Women and Children, London, Ontario, Canada, 2005, Diploma
- Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, 2000, Bachelor in Fine Arts with emphasis in Sculpture

LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish, English, French and German.

WORK EXPERIENCE
- As Executive Director of ASART in Costa Rica / since 2003-Today /www.asart-ca.org / sylvia@asart-ca.org
1. ASART & Strachan Foundation Partnership during the last 9 years has located ASART volunteers in art programs for children in schools in extreme poverty promoting environmental awareness and empowerment, through expressive arts peace building programs. (2005-2013)
2. Development of Corporate Social Responsibility Art & Crafts Projects for disadvantage populations (Intel, Café Britt, Reserva Conchal, Laboratorios Stein, Coca Cola, and others) 2007-2013
3. Speaker at the Symposium of Arts & Science atof University of Zagreb Symposium in Pula 2010
4. Creator of Diploma on Arts and Sustainability in partnership with Earth Charter International at University of Peace, Costa Rica 2012-2013
5. CoFilm- Producer of short film “Carmuco” on a character from “ Unica Mirando al Mar” a book from Costa Rican writer Contreras, sponsored by Pro Artes and Teatro Melico Salazar (2012)
1. Peace Education program through the Eexpressive Aarts (spontaneous theater and recycling art workshops) in Limon for young community leaders, school teachers and social workers sponsored by Pro Artes and Theater Melico Salazar (2013).
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7. Community Arts education Consultant (Fanshawe College Londong Ontario, Canada, 2006/07/08; School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA, 2010/11 , United World College, San Jose, Costa Rica 2011, Tambor Bay School, Paya Tambor, Costa Rica, 2012)
8. Winner of YO EMPRENDEDOR 2014, second price in Category Women’s Development represented by Rocio Ballestero and Vanessa Vaglio under Sylvia Ketelhohn supervision and direction.
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- Executive Director of ASART Nicaragua since 2007-Today / www.asart-ca.org / sylvia@asart-ca.org
2.1. Prevention on Violence against Women and Children Program with Save the Children Norway, in the north departments of Ocotal and Somoto, 2007
3.2. Director of teens HIV prevention programs through theater of the Oopress, in partnership with USAID and UNICEF. (2010-2011)
4.3. Creation and implementation of Peace Education program through theater activities, painting and recycling art in School of Acahualinca, Managua in partnership with Danish and Swiss Cooperation (DANIDA & COSUDE) since 2007-2011
5.4. Producer of Short Movie “El Barrio”, an environmental drama in Nicaraguan communities. sponsored by Danish Cooperation (DANIDA), 2010
6. Winner of YO EMPRENDEDOR 2014, second price in Category Women’s Development

- Social Consultant for SUDEST Consultores Sociales, Barcelona (2009-Today)
http://www.sudestconsultores.com/cvsylvia.html

- Founder & President of INART, Inc. Florida, USA since 2012 a nonprofit (501c3) organization that promote conflict transformation and peace building through the expressive arts in the Central America, Mexico, Colombia & CaribbeanMesoamerican Region. (www.inartwebelieve.org )

- Member of International Center of the Arts for Peacebuilding (ICAP) in Switzerland (August 2013), recluted by Carrie MacLeod